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Details for William Hay Macnaghten

ID1282
NameWilliam Hay Macnaghten
TypepersName
Notesborn: 24 August 1793 in Calcutta;

died: 23 December 1841 in Kabul;

gender: male;

details:

was a high-ranking official in the Indian civil service, a diplomat and a scholar of Hindu and Muslim law;

held the title of secretary of Governor-General Lord William Bentinck (from 1830);

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SurnameMacnaghten
Name XML file Year reliable?
Macnaghten DNA_0002_0005 1837 (VS 1894) yes
Macnaghten DNA_0004_0034 1837 (VS 1894) yes
Meganāṭan DNA_0002_0005 1837 (VS 1894) yes
Meganāṭan DNA_0004_0034 1837 (VS 1894) yes
William Hay Macnaghten DNA_0004_0034 (n) 1837 (VS 1894) yes
William Hay Macnaghten (1793-1841) DNA_0002_0005 (n) 1837 (VS 1894) yes
मेगनाटन्‌ DNA_0002_0005 1837 (VS 1894) yes
मेगनाटन्‌ DNA_0004_0034 1837 (VS 1894) yes

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